Team Get A Grip Cycles thanks Cannondale For Great Bikes, Support

Dear Cannondale,

I am the director/captain of Team Get A Grip Cycles, a small, amateur, cycling team based in Chicago, Illinois. Earlier this year, we joined your grass roots sponsorship program through our sponsoring shop, Get A Grip Cycles, and Josh Ruddy, the local Cannondale representative.

Let me say that we have had a wonderful experience racing on your bikes. They performed beyond expectations and never failed to impress our rivals. We won multiple state championships, sent riders to collegiate nationals, and generally struck fear in our competition.

But this e-mail is not about the team or your bikes. It is about the help we received from Eric Saletel and Troy (sorry, but we did not get Troy's last name) at last weekend's Gateway Cup. Several of us were experiencing problems with our bikes once we got to the race. We did not really have the tools or expertise to remedy things ourselves, so we elicited the help of Eric and Troy, who were both there as part of your test ride/technical support program. The two of them took time from their busy schedules to fix our creaky bottom brackets and dirty hubs. With their help we were able to race to the best of our abilities. We won, and nearly swept the podium, of the third stage.

I extend to Cannondale, Eric, and Troy, our sincerest thanks. I am not sure what we would have done without them.

This is a spectacular program. We hope that you continue to support it.

Jonathan Tenney
Team Get A Grip Cycles